Security disputes and U.N. efforts raise pressure for global AI rules

Leaders, multilateral initiatives and defense conflicts all point to the widening gap between capability and governance.

The U.S. military's mobile robot LS3, or Legged Squad Support System, was designed to be saddled with a load and integrated with a squad of Marines or soldiers. It was abandoned in 2015 after field trials found it to be too noisy. (DARPA)

Pressure is building across diplomatic, political and security arenas to establish guardrails for artificial intellig…